Addition and Subtraction Fraction Word Problem

Tom spends 13 /15 of an hour studying and also spends

8/15 of an hour at the store. How much less time does Tom spend at the store compared to studying?

• 1/3

• 21/15

• 2/3

• 4/3

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Alyssa picked 1/3 of a bucket of bananas, and Nancy picked 3/8 of a bucket of bananas. How many buckets total did they pick?

• 17/24

• 8/12

• 1 7/24

• 4/11

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Dante has 2/3 of last week's allowance and 2/3 of this week's allowance. How many weeks of allowance in total does Dante have left?

• 2/3

• 1 1/3

• 2 1/3

• 6/3

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

3/14 of a foot of fabric is needed to make a rug, while

13/14 of a foot of fabric is required to make a coat. How much more fabric is needed to make a coat versus a rug?

• 5/7

• 16/14

• 1 1/7

• 10/14

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Melanie ate 4/5 of a cake, while Nancy ate 3/5 of a cake. In total, how much cake did these two eat?

• 1 2/5

• 2 2/5

• 1/5

• 7/10

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

A recipe called for 1/12 of a cup of chopped tomatoes and 4/9 of a cup of diced walnuts. How many more cups of walnuts did the recipe call for?

• 3/3

• 4/108

• 13/36

• 5/21

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Taking away a smaller number from the big number is called

• addition

• subtraction

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1